New Tokyo fish market to open in October 2018

A council set up by the Tokyo metropolitan government and businesses said Wednesday a new fish market site to replace the famed Tsukiji fish market will be opened in the Toyosu waterfront area on Oct. 11, 2018.The market in Tsukiji was originally scheduled to be moved to the new location in Tokyo's Koto Ward in November last year. But Tokyo Gov. Yuriko Koike, who took office in August last year, put the brakes on the project due to concerns about toxic chemicals at the new site, which was previously used as a gas production plant.The metropolitan government, the local ward and businesses ha…READ FULL ARTICLE